There has been an interesting story in the singing world: two authors who never leave their hands free of cigarettes created the Song of Quitting Smoking in the midst of gulping down clouds and smoke, while two other partners who have nothing to do with alcohol wrote the Song of Toasting in a state of passionate drunkenness, one of them is the famous composer Comrade Shi Guangnan. Shi Guangnan is a well-deserved people's musician, and he has composed many songs that have been widely circulated among the masses. In particular, the "Toast", "Premier Zhou where are you", "in the fields of hope", "sentimental land" and so on, these songs out of the hundreds of millions of people's joy and pursuit of the people's voices, his songs have become the coordinates of an era.
History has finally turned the page on October 6, 1976, a day when the whole country was in a state of jubilation. When you hear the "Gang of Four" was crushed, from the south to the north, from top to bottom, all walks of life of the masses to sound the gongs and drums, twisted up the rice-planting songs, can not help but go on parade, to revel in. All units of the cafeteria coincidentally prepared a feast of wine, the formation of "eight hundred million of God's state to raise the golden cup" of the touching scene. Shi Guangnan, who had never touched alcohol, immediately entered a drunken creative mood after receiving my lyrics, and finalized the score in just a few days. In "Toast", he chose the passionate and unrestrained Xinjiang tone which is rich in dance dynamics as the material, and the rhythm of the song makes people feel the gongs and drums resounding in all directions. The climax of the song is even more ingenious, both rich ethnic characteristics, but also make people's blood boiling, passionate, stirring melody makes the singer and the listener unforgettable for a long time.
After the release of "Toast", many singers such as Li Guangxi, Guan Mucun, Luo Tianchan and Su Fengjuan competed to sing it. Once, the CCTV cultural evening, accompanied by the melody of the "Song of Toast", the choreographer arranged a group of at that time was very bold and innovative shots, fragrant wine, wine cups held high, dancing guests, glowing singers, all of which are mingled together in song, produced a strong artistic infectivity, the next day, the "Song of Toast" has spread to every corner of the land of the gods. Song instead of wine Shi Guangnan so that people at home and abroad, intoxicated in his beautiful and moving and full of pride in the melody.